Device for securing articles to clotheslines



R. F. BYRNE. DEVICE FOR SECURING ARTICLES T0 CLOTHESLINES.

- I APPLICATION FILED NOV-12.1921. 1,402,567,

Patented" m. 3, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING ARTICLES To cno'rnnsnmns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

Application filed November 12, 1921. Serial No. 514,759.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that REGINALD FRANCIS BYRNE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at .Liguori, BurkeRoad, East Malvern, in the State ofVictoria, Commonwealth of Australia, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Securing Articles to- Clotheslines, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention has been devised to provide a simple andpractically everlasting device for use in effectively detachablysecuring articles to clotheslines which device when manufactured inquantities can be produced at a minimum of cost and probably from shortlengths of scrap wire of appreciable gauge.

The device being wholly metallic is formed of Wire surfaced to resistoxidization as by alvanizing and according to this a invention donsistsessentially of a length of spring wire helically wound into a few turnswith each end ofl'set, one to act as a guide and the other as a handlewhen fitting or removing same to or from a line.

My specification is accompanied by asheet of drawings which is appendedto indicate one practical form of the device but is not to be regardedas restrictive of the scope of the invention. a

Fig. 1 is a plan of the device, and

Figs. 2 and 3 views of same in situ on a clotheslines.

As illustrated in these drawings one end of the helically Wound wire 1is offset at approximately right angles to the plane of the coil to forma handle 2, and the other end is offset at a slight angle to said planeto form a flared guide 3 and both ends may be coiled as illustrated toprevent possible damage to the clothes in windy Weather. Both the handleand the guide project in opposite directions from the ends of the coilat approximately the same Y point of the periphery of the coil.

If desired the coils of the device may be formed with a graduallydiminishing space from the fiared guide toward the handle in order thatthe grip of the coils may be increased as the handle is forwardlyrotated.

Furthermore slight depressions'may be made in the coils at suitablepositions to form a slight seating whereby an increased The device maybe instantly released by a I direct outward pull or in case of an extratight grip by backward rotation of the handle. I

I claim: 1. A device for attaching articles to a clothes line consistingof a helical length of wire having its ends projecting in oppo sitedirections at approximately the same point of the periphery of thehelix, one end being formed into a loop of suilicient size to constitutea handle, the other end of the wire being bent at an angle to the planeof the coil and constituting a guide for the line gradually diminishingin width towards the coil. 7 I

2. A device for attaching articles to a clothesline consisting of ahelical length of wire having its ends projecting in opposite directionsat approximately the same point of the periphery of the helix, one endof the wire constituting a handle extending toward the axis of thehelix, the other end of the wire diverging from the plane of the helixand constituting a guide for the line the helix. v

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gradually diminishing in width towards

